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title: "Common Eastern Froglet"
description: "Crinia signifera — Amphibians. The common eastern froglet (Crinia signifera) is a very common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-eastern-froglet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Eastern Froglet

> Crinia signifera — Amphibians. The common eastern froglet (Crinia signifera) is a very common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae.

- Scientific name: *Crinia signifera*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 8620
- Wikidata: [Q2274017](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2274017)
- iNaturalist taxon: [25231](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/25231)

## Names

- en: Common Eastern Froglet
- de: Ostaustralisches Südfröschchen

## Countries with the most observations

AU (6463)

## Summary

The common eastern froglet (Crinia signifera) is a very common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae. They are also referred to as 'gunggung' by the Dharug people of the Sydney basin.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_eastern_froglet

## Photo

![Common Eastern Froglet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-eastern-froglet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358622801

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-eastern-froglet?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).